Funding Opportunities
The funding situation for university staff is unfortunately very heterogeneous and multi-layered. For instance, the Service Agency for Electronic Research Funding Information (ELFI) in the German-speaking region lists
- around 12,000 programs
- run by over 5,200 national and international funding agencies
(last amended: April 2021). See below for a description of how to access this database. The following list contains examples of possible sources of information.
Funding from the Free State of Thuringia
Funding through the Thüringer Aufbaubank (TAB): https://www.aufbaubank.de/
Current announcements and registration for the TAB newsletter: https://www.aufbaubank.de/Foerderprogramme/Ueberblick-Aktuelle-Calls-Wettbewerbsaufrufe
Funding from the federal government
The federal government's "Research and Innovation" funding advisory service has a free electronic newsletter that provides news about federal research funding. Newsletter
Current calls for funding programs and funding guidelines of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF): https://www.bmbf.de/foerderungen/
The BMBF has a special program entitled "Research at Universities of Applied Sciences": https://www.forschung-fachhochschulen.de/fachhochschulen/en/programme/research-at-uas/research-at-universities-of-applied-sciences-uas.html
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has a newsletter subscription service: https://www.bmwi.de/Navigation/DE/Service/Abo-Service/abo-service_anmelden.html
The funding programs of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) can be found at: https://www.bmel-forschung.de/index.php?id=858
Departmental research platforms of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVi): https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/DE/Artikel/G/ressortforschungsrelevante-plattformen.html
Newsletter of the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR): https://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/service/newsletter/_node.html
Research contracts and research funding from the Federal Highway Research Institute (bast): https://www.bast.de/BASt_2017/DE/BASt/Forschung/Forschung_node.html
Funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG)
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is a registered association that acts as a self-governing body for the advancement of academia and research in the Federal Republic of Germany.
An overview of their funding programs: https://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/index.html
Calls for proposals - information for researchers: https://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/announcements_proposals/index.jsp
Funding from the EU
See the following link.
Using ELFI (Electronic Research Funding Information)
The University of Applied Sciences Erfurt has taken out a subscription for access to the database of the Service Agency for Electronic Research Funding Information (ELFI). Every employee can set up their own access using https://www.elfi.info/. The ELFI database contains information on around 12,000 programs from over 5,200 national and international funding bodies. After registration, you can create your own profile, which will allow you to filter the funding information. Due to the fact that a fee is charged for access, it is only possible to search via the university's IP addresses on campus.
Using the newsletters of the Thuringian universities
The University of Applied Sciences Erfurt provides specific information on calls for proposals which are particularly relevant to our university - by email or in our news.
The Thuringian universities are happy to send their newsletters to members of the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt. Please register at:
- BU Weimar: https://www.uni-weimar.de/de/universitaet/forschung-und-kunst/newsletter/
- University of Erfurt: https://www.uni-erfurt.de/forschung/beratung-und-service/forschungsservice
- FSU Jena: http://www.sft.uni-jena.de/Aktuelles/Newsletter+_F%C3%B6rderbrief_.html
- TU Ilmenau: https://wwwalt.tu-ilmenau.de/forschung/service/aktuelles/
Information on grants from the funding bodies directly to the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt
This funding information can be accessed on the intranet ( only accessible using your FHE computer) - under current funding information.
If any urgent deadlines arise from this direct funding information, the dates and the respective link will be listed under "news".
